Memory Track Carts

[Goochman]

There was a discussion awhile ago about these being very expensive. GoAtari was putting their initial auction prices at $49.99 for these.

 

I just found out today that B&C is selling these new for $19.95.

 

I just ordered mine today in case anyone was interested

[Lemmi]

back when i was looking for one on ebay $25 seemed the average price alittle more brand new

 

but i think i got mine from an atariage member tho

 

$20 is a good price

Edited February 26, 2007 by Lemmi

[ovalbugmann]

Just for fun,... ever wonder what a Jaguar Memory Track looks like with the shell off:

 

[jaguar_fan]

Just for fun,... ever wonder what a Jaguar Memory Track looks like with the shell off:

 

 

Oh, yeah, I was wondering about and now I know. Thanks for the picture.

[atarifan49]

Here are some scans of a bare memory track PCB.

 

[Gunstar]

If those chips are widely available, it wouldn't be too difficult to make this cart from scratch, even out of a generic "breadboard." Thanks for the pictures! Though I think the main reason no one has ever made these before as there has always seemed to be enough to go around, since every Jaguar CD game out so far that uses the memory card doesn't fill it, so only one memory track per Jaguar CD has ever been needed. The question is which are there more of? Jaguar CD units or memory tracks? But if the price is go up to $50 a pop, then a homebrew memory track looks more attractive, especially since the memory track chips won't last forever, will they? isn't it like 100,000 rewrites for these too, like with cartridge game memory? Maybe there are longer-lasting modern equivelants that could be used? Maybe use the memory track as a guide to make longer lasting&replaceable memory card solutions? Like a new "memory track" cartridge that can use flash memory cards?

Edited March 2, 2008 by Gunstar